CARTERTON.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4461, 14 September 1901, Page 3

CARTERTON.

COAL DEPOSITS AT DALEFIELD. (By Telegraph.-- Own Correspondent-) Friday, 4.150 p.m. At a mooting of the Committee of the Wairarapa I'astoral Society this, afternoon, it was decided to give prizes unfile be s t average quantity and test, of milk supplied to any Wairarapa factory for one clear week prior to the snow. Each milk supplier must, however, bo a member of the society. The committee also regolvcd that tho charge tor space for implements be reduced from a shilling to sixpence per foot for all exhibitors not members of the society. To encourage Wellington and outside poultry fanciers to exhibit, it was decided to allow all members of affiliated sociot'os to enter under the same charge as local member s .

As the shoeing smiths of Masterton have refused to enter for a competition in which horses are to be shod near a forgo on tho show grounds, it is pro. hable tho competition will bo struck off the programme. Mr Hornsby, M.H.R., has received from tho Government Analyst (Ur J. S. McLamin) a report on the sample of Dalofield coal submitted for testing. Unfortunately the s amplo, which was p takon from tho outcrop, contained a largo proportion of rock Therefore, there wag an excessive amount of ash. Tho report, however, declares the coal to be bituminous, 'caking freely, and further states that if it is obtained from rock it will bo valuable. The examination 0 f the Carterton Sohool concluded this afternoon. Inspector Fleming states that in many cases where ho found the pupils had been lax in their attendance, although their work might bo fairly up to standard, he had refrained from passing them. He did this to impress upon parents the necessity of making children attend school.

Regarding the prevailing epidemic, Dr Hosking, of Masterton, states that it is not influenza, but a South African fever of a mild form, which has been brought hero by returned soldiers. The Pahaoa bridge, on the East Coast, will be completed in a fortnight, and tho opening then be celebrated by a gathering of the people of the district.